Photoshop is primarily a pixel-manipulation tool. Nevertheless, it includes certain vector elements more commonly associated with programs such as Illustrator, saving them as paths that can be used in a number of helpful ways. One of the primary ways this is accomplished is by employing the pen tool. This tool is one of the best…
Image quality is one of the most important factors of photography and digital design. While images often appear perfect on-screen, images can come out grainy when printed. This is an issue many people face, and it has everything to do with the image resolution and the number of pixels per 1 inch in the image. …
Resizing an image using Adobe Photoshop is a relatively straightforward process. However, if you’re new to editing images, there is a bit of a learning curve. It is important to understand the fundamentals of how to change an image’s size in Photoshop without losing quality. Maintaining the original image’s quality can prove challenging. Resized photos…
Photoshop is a fantastic tool for many purposes, such as editing wedding photos or creating graphics for logos and other marketing materials. Another everyday use of Photoshop is editing people onto different backgrounds, but hair makes this extremely difficult. It’s wispy and has hundreds of intricate pixels that need to be fit inside a single…
The human eye can capture an impressive range of nuances, colors, lights, and shadows. Even though digital cameras can yield amazing results, auto exposure often covers a limited tonal range and can make some areas look too light or too dark. To fix this, you can use bracketing. Photo by wiggijo licensed under CC0 What…
Have you ever seen a photo that makes you instantly jealous of the model’s eyes? Well, believe it or not, most of this is due to post-processing using eye Photoshop – and it’s effortless to do yourself! If you’re wondering how to make eyes pop in photoshop eye, we’ll teach you how to do just…
Giving clients a great experience doesn’t have to mean lavishing them with expensive gifts or spending oodles of money. But with some planning, time, and effort, you can craft a client experience workflow to create an overall customer experience that wows! Learn: What a relational client experience looks like and how it benefits your business….
Before we learn how to delete a Lightroom catalog, let’s address one crucial question. What is a catalog in Lightroom? A Lightroom catalog is the location responsible for housing your Lightroom photos. It also stores image previews and other essential information. Your Lightroom catalog is usually on your hard drive. But you can choose to…
From Canon to Nikon and everything in between, tons of DSLR cameras are excellent for beginners. Knowing which one to choose can be the most challenging part of starting a new photography hobby. To make the process a little easier, we’ve gathered a list of the best DSLR cameras for beginners. We’ll briefly go over…
How to Apply Presets to Multiple Photos in Lightroom Adobe Lightroom is one powerful piece of editing software. It can speed up your workflow and helps you turn photos into true works of art. But making changes to each photo individually can be a huge time suck. Presets, or groups of changes, makes editing faster. …
Have you ever tried following a Photoshop tutorial to edit your photo, only to be stymied by something basic in the program? While you struggle to figure out something like how to unlock layers in Photoshop, the video instructor continues and is soon ten steps ahead of you. So frustrating! I can’t teach you all…
Afterlight 2 is a popular photo or image editor app available for iPhone users. Coming from Afterlight Collective, Inc, this version is a complete overhaul of the Afterlight app. Powerful and inexpensive, this Afterlight app makes the process of enhancing photos easy for everyone with many useful tools. If you are deciding whether to purchase…
Photo stitching to create panoramas is a great way to take a set of images, sometimes thousands, and create a new and exciting picture out of them. For instance, according to Business Insider, one of the world’s most large scale photos was created using panoramic photography, stitched together using billions of pixels. The photo is…
Even with the best camera and skillful exposure adjustments, your photograph can still turn out looking flat or dull. Sometimes the light isn’t quite right for that vibrant image you were imagining (like the one above). However, there is a perfect tool to enhance your image during post-processing: curves. How to Use Curves in Photoshop…
Adding textures to your photographs during edits is one of the most creative techniques you can use to add an extra dimension to your photos. Textural overlaying is a fun and easy process that lets you have the creative freedom to improve your photo edits. But when done incorrectly, you can end up with undesirable…
It can be frustrating to take a great photo, get your subject and composition just right, only to discover issues with the exposure. However, just because you have exposure issues doesn’t mean that all is lost. A simple technique known as dodge and burn can help you fix exposure issues, both over- and underexposure, and…